Batal-Manali

The previous night at Batal people coming from Manali side had told us that there was big watercrossings on the way in one which even trucks had got stuck. We knew that if we left early before the sunrise, we would have less snow melting and hence less water in the streams.. So we got up real early and by 6:30 we were on our way. Even after Batal there was no road. Also we saw large chunks of ice lying on the slopes which were starting to melt..


So in short, we encountered a lot of water on the road. Most of the places i dint even stop to take pictures as we wanted to cover the maximum distance we coulde before the sun became brighter..
As the sun rose..





water, water every where..


road blocks..


the smooth roads..


hey there..


as we got nearer to Gramphoo, the vistas started getting shades of green..














As we started climbing towards Gramphoo..


more slopes full of Pashmina shawls..





melting ice causing waterfalls..


that was a big one..




me crossing this one..




it kept on getting greener..


another watercrossing..


manik crossing it..

finally we reached Gramphoo.. the cross road from where on road leads to Leh and other to Spiti..


after some breakfast at Gramphoo, we started for Rohtang.. although now we had better roads, we still had a lot of ice melting all around and streams of water flowing down the road..


hence the mud and slush..


Rohtang top..


tourists playing in ice.. after being in remote desolate places for almost a week, seeing so many people seemed kind of weird..



On the other side of Rohtang the weather was clouded and rainy.. but still the roads were wet and muddy..




after crossing Rohtang, we entered the green Kullu Valley ( i hope i got the name of the valley right this time..)


more landslides..





more greenary..





before going to Manali, we went to Solang.. being surrounded by so many people felt suffocating.. also we were tired after a tough ride.. so we dint spend much time Solang and quickly left for Manali..


So here ends the triplog of a yet another wonderful experience...

Distance Travelled in the day: 145kms
Total distance travelled: 1328kms

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